problem with backtrack after i install it on my harddrive!!

[biftekaki]

hi everyone.

first sorry about my english iam from greece and my english is not very good so. . .

i install backtrack after the video of the backtack site. i have now winxp and backtrack3 beta (its the 700mb verison) on my mashine with lilo

and i have many many questions 2 configure backtrack , if i configure the ips over Dekstop/Home/ set ip adresse .

and after every reboot backtrack forgot the setup for the ips. . . . this is one thing

so after i install it on my mashine.  i configure some things and than i would install a good ftp programm vlc and atoher stuff.

so i dio this:

slapt-get update

that showing in this command. .

bt ~ # slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Done
Retrieving patch list [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Done
Retrieving checksum list [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Done
Retrieving checksum signature [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Not Found
Retrieving ChangeLog.txt [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Done
Reading Package Lists...Done

and

slapt-get upgrade

that showing in this command. .

bt ~ # slapt-get --upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Excluding kplayer, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding php, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding qca, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding slapt-get, use --ignore-dep to override
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  mplayer: Depends:   aalib >= 1.4
  php: Depends:   db44 >= 4.4.20
  qca: Depends:   qt >= 4.2
  slapt-get: Depends: gnupg
The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
  alsa-lib alsa-oss alsa-utils kplayer php qca slapt-get
The following packages will be upgraded:
  ctorrent dbus-glib fuse graphviz kwin-style-crystal libotr libsigc++
  ndiswrapper ngrep ntfs-3g parted postgresql pptp pygtk pysqlite
  recordmydesktop sqlite3 wine xmms
19 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.4MB/29.9MB of archives.
After unpacking 7.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y
Get http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/ fuse 2.7.2-i486-1McD [0.0kB]...Done
Failed to download: MD5 checksum mismatch, override with --no-md5

so in a german forum they recoument to do that:

slapt-get --upgrade --no-md5

so i did this. . .

and now i have this :

slapt-get -update

bt ~ # slapt-get -update
Retrieving package data [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Done
Retrieving checksum list [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum signature [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Not Found
Retrieving ChangeLog.txt [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Done
Reading Package Lists...Done

slapt-get -upgrade

bt ~ # slapt-get -upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Excluding kplayer, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding php, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding qca, use --ignore-dep to override
Excluding slapt-get, use --ignore-dep to override
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  mplayer: Depends: aalib >= 1.4
  php: Depends:   db44 >= 4.4.20
  qca: Depends:   qt >= 4.2
  slapt-get: Depends: gnupg
The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
  alsa-lib alsa-oss alsa-utils kplayer php qca slapt-get
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Done

so what is wrong???

i use ubuntu on my other mashine but i have not sooo much experiens with backtrack and linux!!!

in the german forum they say i need to install a other linux because backtrack isnt 4 every day use thats i bullshit right???

on my laptop backtrack from the cd is very slow. . .

and i have some other questions how i create a user without root rights, how install software right.

how to save the ip settings. . . . and many many more :-D

i hope you can help

[VaKo]

Backtrack is basically an appliance, its designed for pen testing and little else. So while you could technically use it  has a normal distro its not a good idea. If you want a regular desktop linux stick to ubuntu/fedora or something like that.

[biftekaki]

i used it right now, works fine. only iam right now in root and i cant install nothing why i cant install anything ???

i  like 2 backtrack on my harddisk beause its faster than of the cd .....

is ther no solution 4 this problem???

[VaKo]

Because its a beta? Go file a bug report!

[SomeoneE1se]

but for the record this is how you ask for help

[VaKo]

but for the record this is how you ask for help

Damn straight, its a logical progression of what went wrong and in what order.

[operat0r_001]

you may want to just do a VMware image .. if you are new to *nix

http://www.binrev.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34676

http://rmccurdy.com/scripts/fast-track.py

[biftekaki]

i dont think vmware is a good idea, because my laptop is not so fast.

i have the gericom laptop (i dont know if in the us you know this)

its a 1400MHz pentium M , with 256MB i know its not much.

80 gb hd everthing else is standard.

i dont think my laptop is fast with a second os in vmware. but i never try that so...

and i install backtrack with widows xp and lilo exact like the video.

so what i have done wrong ???i dont know , iam not a liux expert like u all :-)

[SomeoneE1se]

sometimes it just doesn't work* thats linux

try ubuntu if that works you can just add in most of the tools from backtrack

*out of the box